Foulclothes storage bag structure

ABSTRACT

A foulclothes storage box structure includes: a bag body, respectively formed with a upper opening and lower opening on upper, lower ends thereof, a top plate, having an input port, one side of the top plate in connection with one side of the upper end of the bag body, and a rim of the top plate configured with a upper zipper together with other sides of the upper end of the bag body, and the upper zipper adapted to control opening or closing of the top plate; and a bottom plate, one side thereof in connection with one side of a lower end of the bag body, a rim of the bottom plate configured with a lower zipper together with other sides of the lower end of the bag body, and the lower zipper adapted to control opening or closing of the bottom plate.

(a) TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a home storage device, and more particularly to a foulclothes storage bag structure, convenient for the storage and removal of foulclothes, occupying no space by folding it so as to be convenient for collection, storage and transportation.

(b) DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART

Foulclothes storage bags, foulclothes storage baskets or foulclothes storage boxes are containers for the storage of laundry; For ease of explanation, the following is collectively referred to as “foulclothes bags”. A conventional foulclothes bag has an opening adapted to allow laundry to be put in on the top side thereof, and the bottom thereof is sealed to prevent clothes from dropping out. Upon use, the foulclothes bag is turned upside down to cause the opening to face downward, and thereby causing dirty clothes to be poured out, or a user's hand is extended into the bag body from the opening on the upper side of the foulclothes bag to take out laundry one by one when dirty clothes are almost filled up the space inside the foulclothes bag, which is inconvenient in use.

In addition, since the bottoms of conventional foulclothes bags are sealed, the bag bodies thereof are unable to be folded such that they occupy indoor space upon collection while not in use; for manufacturers, there is also a problem of occupying space upon goods storage and transportation.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

One object of the present invention is to provide a foulclothes storage box structure, allowing dirty clothes filled up therein to be taken out easily and conveniently.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a foulclothes storage box structure, capable of being folded into a flat body, thereby occupying less indoor space, and facilitating goods storage and transportation for manufacturers.

To achieve the objects mentioned above, the present invention proposes a foulclothes storage box structure, including: a bag body, respectively formed with a upper opening and lower opening on upper, lower ends thereof; a top plate, having an input port, one side of the top plate in connection with one side of the upper end of the bag body, and a rim of the top plate configured with a upper zipper together with other sides of the upper end of the bag body, and the upper zipper adapted to control opening or closing of the top plate relative to the upper end of the bag body; and a bottom plate, one side thereof in connection with one side of a lower end of the bag body, a rim of the bottom plate configured with a lower zipper together with other sides of the lower end of the bag body, and the lower zipper adapted to control opening or closing of the bottom plate relative to the lower end of the bag body.

Preferably, the bag body has a front side plate, rear side plate, left side plate and right side plate, two sides of the left side plate are respectively in connection with left sides of the front side plate and rear side plate, and two sides of the right side plate right sides of the front side plate and rear side plate; at least one part of one side of the top plate is in connection with at least one part of a upper side of the rear side plate with a upper coupling portion, and other part of the top plate than the at least one part thereof is configured with the upper zipper together with other part of the upper side of the rear side plate, a upper side of the left side plate, a upper side of the front side plate and a upper side of the right side plate; and at least one part of one side of the bottom plate is in connection with at least one part of a lower side of the rear side plate with a lower coupling portion, and other part of the bottom plate than the at least one part thereof is configured with the upper zipper together with other part of the lower side of the rear side plate, a lower side of the left side plate, a lower side of the front side plate and a lower side of the right side plate.

Preferably, the left side plate and right side plate are respectively configured with a hand grip, allowing a user to lift the bag body easily with hands.

The bag body is further folded into a flat body after the top plate and bottom plate are bended relatively to the rear side plate when both the upper zipper and lower zipper are pulled open, allowing the foulclothes storage bag of the present invention not to occupy space and thus to be convenient for collection, storage or transportation.

With the foulclothes storage box structure of the present invention, a user can choose to pour out the dirty clothes to be washed from the upper end of the bag body or drop the dirty clothes to be washed from the lower end of the bag body so that the present invention is more flexible and more convenient in use. Furthermore, because the bag body can be folded into a flat body so that it will not occupy too much space upon storage while not in use, and goods storage and transportation are more efficient for manufacturers.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a foulclothes storage bag of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the foulclothes storage bag of the present invention, a bottom plate thereof being opened;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the foulclothes storage bag of the present invention, a top plate thereof being opened;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the foulclothes storage bag of the present invention, both the bottom and top plates thereof being opened;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the foulclothes storage bag of the present invention in a lying state, where both the top and bottom plates are bended toward the inside of a bag body; and

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the foulclothes storage bag of the present invention in a lying state further folded into a flat body.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 4, a foulclothes storage bag includes a bag body 1, top plate 2 and bottom plate 3.

The bag body 1 has a front side plate 11, rear side plate 12, right side plate 13 and left side plate 14, where the two sides of the left side plate 14 are respectively in connection with the left sides of the front side plate 11 and rear side plate 12, and the two sides of the right side plate 13 the right sides of the front side plate 11 and rear side plate 12 so that the upper and lower ends of the bag body 1 are respectively formed into a upper opening and lower opening as FIG. 4 shows.

The outline of the top plate 2 corresponds to the contour of the upper opening of the bag body 1 in shape, and an input port 24 is configured on the top plate 2, where the rim of the top plate 2 is configured together with the rim of the upper opening of the bag body 1 with a upper zipper 21 through which the top plate 2 can be controlled to open or close relatively to the upper opening of the bag body 1. A upper coupling portion 23 is configured between one side of the top plate 2 and the upper end of the rear side plate 12 or front side plate 11 of the bag body 1, thereby allowing the top plate 2 to be bended relatively to the rear side or front side of the upper end of the bag body 1. Furthermore, the upper zipper 21 is configured between one side of the top plate 2 and the upper side of the rear side plate 12, between one side of the top plate 2 and the upper side of the left side plate 14, between one side of the top plate 2 and the upper side of the right side plate 13 and between one side of the top plat 2 and the upper side of the front side plate 11 except the upper coupling portion 23. Therefore, the top plate 2 can be controlled to open or close relatively to the upper end of the bag body 1 through the operation of the upper zipper 21. In a preferred embodiment, two zipper heads 22 may be configured on the upper zipper 21, and a user can pull the two zipper heads 22 away from or toward each other to pull the top plate 2 open or close quickly and thus open or close the upper opening of the bag body 1 as FIGS. 1 and 3 show.

The outline of the bottom plate 3 corresponds to the contour of the lower opening of the bag body 1 in shape, where one side of the bottom plate 3 may be in connection with one side of the lower end of the bag body 1, and the rim of the bottom plate 3 is configured together with the rim of lower end of the bag body 1 with a lower zipper 31 through which the bottom plate 3 can be controlled to open or close relatively to the lower end of the bag body 1. A lower coupling portion 33 is configured between one side of the bottom plate 3 and the lower end of the rear side plate 12 or front side plate 11 of the bag body 1, thereby allowing the bottom plate 3 to be bended relatively to the rear side or front side of the lower end of the bag body 1. Furthermore, the upper zipper 31 is configured between one side of the bottom plate 3 and the lower side of the rear side plate 12, between one side of the bottom plate 3 and the lower side of the left side plate 14, between one side of the bottom plate 3 and the lower side of the right side plate 13 and between one side of the bottom plate 3 and the lower side of the front side plate 11 except the lower coupling portion 33. Therefore, the bottom plate 3 can be controlled to open or close relatively to the lower opening of the bag body 1 through the operation of the lower zipper 31. For example, two zipper heads 32 may be configured on the lower zipper 31, and a user can move the two zipper heads 32 away from or toward each other to pull the lower plate 3 open or close quickly and thus open or close the lower opening of the bag body 1 as FIGS. 1 and 2 show.

Furthermore, to allow a user to take out dirty clothes easily, the present invention may respectively configure a left hand grip 16 and right hand grip 15 on the proper height positions of the left side plate 14 and right side plate 13.

Referring to FIG. 1 again, with the structure of the foulclothes storage bag structure of the present invention mentioned above, dirty clothes can be stored when the top plate 2 and bottom plate 3 are respectively closed at the upper end and lower end of the bag body 1; at this time, a user can store clothes inside the bag body 1 only by throwing them therein through the input port 24 of the top plate 2. When the clothes are almost filled up in the bag body 1 and want to be take out for washing, the user may chose to open the bag body 1 from the upper side or lower side thereof; only the lower zipper heads 32 are operated to pull the lower zipper 31 open and the bottom plate 3 can then be opened to allow the clothes to drop down directly or drop down into a washing machine when the lower side of the bag body 1 is chosen to open as FIG. 2 shows and the dirty clothes are taken to the washing machine or other cleaning places for washing; only the upper zipper heads 22 are operated to pull the upper zipper 21 open and the top plate 2 can then be opened, and the bag body 1 is thereafter turned upside down to allow the clothes to pour out or drop into a washing machine when the upper side of the bag body 1 is chosen to open as FIG. 3 shows and the dirty clothes are taken to the washing machine or other cleaning places.

Referring to FIGS. 5 and 6, the foulclothes storage box of the present invention can be folded into a flat body so as to reduce the volume thereof with the following operations while not in use.

First, the top plate 2 and bottom plate 3 are opened in the operation manner mentioned above, and the top plate 2 and bottom plate 3 are then bended to the inside of the bag body 1 as FIG. 5 shows. Finally, the bag body 1 is directly pressed downward to form a flat body as FIG. 6 shows.

The foulclothes storage bag structure of the present invention can be used more flexibly and more conveniently since dirty clothes to be washed may be chosen to drop from the lower end of the bag body 1 or to take out from the upper end of the bag body 1. Furthermore, it is also more effective for manufacturers' goods storage and transportation because the bag body 1 can be folded into a flat body and will further not occupy too much space while not in use and upon collection.

On the other hand, for eye-appealing consideration, the top plate 2 of the present invention may be formed into a body having a downward concave curved face and the upper end of the bag body 1 is also formed into a shape corresponding thereto, making the upper end of the foulclothes bag shape like the upper end of a yuanbao (an odd-shaped gold or silver ingot formerly used as money in ancient China), but the present invention is not so limited; any modeling thereof drops in the scope of the present invention. 

I claim:
 1. A foulclothes storage bag structure, comprising: a bag body, respectively formed with a upper opening and lower opening on upper, lower ends thereof; a top plate, having an input port, one side of said top plate in connection with one side of said upper end of said bag body, and a rim of said top plate configured with a upper zipper together with other sides of said upper end of said bag body, and said upper zipper adapted to control opening or closing of said top plate relative to said upper end of said bag body; and a bottom plate, one side thereof in connection with one side of a lower end of said bag body, a rim of said bottom plate configured with a lower zipper together with other sides of said lower end of said bag body, and said lower zipper adapted to control opening or closing of said lower plate relative to said lower end of said bag body.
 2. The structure according to claim 1, wherein said bag body has a front side plate, rear side plate, left side plate and right side plate, two sides of said left side plate are respectively in connection with left sides of said front side plate and rear side plate, and two sides of said right side plate right sides of said front side plate and rear side plate; at least one part of one side of said top plate is in connection with at least one part of a upper side of said rear side plate with a upper coupling portion, and other part of said top plate than said at least one part thereof is configured with said upper zipper together with other part of said upper side of said rear side plate, a upper side of said left side plate, a upper side of said front side plate and a upper side of said right side plate; and at least one part of one side of said bottom plate is in connection with at least one part of a lower side of said rear side plate with a lower coupling portion, and other part of said bottom plate than said at least one part thereof is configured with said upper zipper together with other part of said lower side of said rear side plate, a lower side of said left side plate, a lower side of said front side plate and a lower side of said right side plate.
 3. The structure according to claim 2, wherein said left side plate and right side plate are respectively configured with a hand grip.
 4. The structure according to claim 3, wherein said bag body is further folded into a flat body after said top plate and bottom plate are bended relatively to said rear side plate when both said upper zipper and lower zipper are pulled open. 